Huddersfield Town's inventiveness and Levi Colwill's seamless return among five conclusions

Two first-half goals were enough to give the Terriers a pretty comfortable victory away to Birmingham City and put themselves third in the Championship table.

The returning Levi Colwill forced the opener from a Sorba Thomas corner, with the birthday boy chesting the ball at the back post and seeing it deflect in off Birmingham captain Gary Gardner.

Lewis O'Brien doubled the lead shortly before the break, seizing the initiative after Birmingham fell into chaos inside the box as Thomas put Gardner under pressure to force him into a pass that Jeremie Bela failed to control.

Former Huddersfield Town midfielder Juninho Bacuna had a shot deflected onto the post after the break and Lee Nicholls made a fantastic save to push another deflected effort, this time from Onel Hernandez, onto his crossbar.

Here are five conclusions on a game that sets a new club record for consecutive unbeaten games in the second tier.

Yes, Birmingham City had two full-backs at centre-back and two wingers at full-back. But if you need a reminder that this result was not a foregone conclusion, just consider that Birmingham took a 3-0 win over Luton Town a fortnight ago. And if that doesn't impress you much, just bear in mind that Luton have taken more points per game than any other Championship side since the beginning of December, Shania .

This isn't for a second to disparage the players' efforts, but they really didn't need to get out of third gear to get this result. Getting the opening goal through yet another brilliant Sorba Thomas set piece delivery certainly helps with that, and the second goal was a veritable gift.

But Town were able to play beneath their best in the second half and still emerge relatively untroubled bar a pair of long-range